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Ukraine: OSCE patrol hits a mine, US employee dead

A German and a Czech hospitalized

24 April, 10:22
(ANSA) - TRIESTE - The employee of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) killed yesterday by a landmine was a US citizen. Two others employee, a German and a Czech, have been taken to hospital for a medical examination. The patrol car blew up when it hit a landmine in the vicinity of the Prybysh, small city in the Luhansk region, under separatists' control.

"The #OSCE SMM can confirm that a patrol consisting of 6 patrol members and 2 armored vehicles has been involved in a serious incident [...] The patrol was driving in the vicinity of the settlement of Pryshyb, an area not controlled by the Government in #Luhansk region [...] As a result of this incident, one patrol member has died and two members have been taken to hospital for further examination [...]," the OSCE SMM press service reported on Twitter on Sunday afternoon according to Interfax Ukraine. (ANSA).

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